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African identity and development

Adeshina Afolayan (Ibadan): Resignifying the Universal: Critical Commentary on the Postcolonial African Identity and Development. A review of Winds of Change in South Africa (From Apartheid to Freedom) by Raphael Alade. Inside the insular and secretive Eritrea: Ruled by an intolerant autocratic regime, the proud people of Africa’s newest independent state have embraced globalisation amid sealed borders. A review of African Film and Literature: Adapting Violence to the Screen by Lindiwe Dovey. While most Ethiopians have kept scrupulously silent about the terror they endured under the Derg regime, Hirut Abebe-Jiri has made loud remembrance her life’s work. The fact that the World Cup has finally come to Africa means that Fifa has stepped into a region where the game has all but collapsed under the weight of corruption. A review of The Making of Poverty in South Africa by Bethuel Setai. In Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia, preparations for dynastic successions appear to be underway. A review of Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles by Richard Dowden. In recent years, international attention on Sudan has focused on Darfur, but the regime in Khartoum has been concerned with its own political survival. Timbuktu preserves historic manuscripts: Arabic texts date back hundreds of years and contain invaluable information about religion, science, history. A look at the many ways Africans are dying. Change beckons for billionth African: Africa's rapidly growing population will see urbanisation, economic growth, health and climate problems. A review of Witchcraft, Violence, and Democracy in South Africa by Adam Ashforth.